Partner at Guidehouse leading Financial Crimes, Risk & Compliance consulting. Driving client relationships, business development, and strategic growth for financial services industry.
About the role
- Financial Crime Systems Owner responsible for managing systems combatting financial crime at Shieldpay. Overseeing software, data, and compliance processes against financial crime legislation.
Responsibilities
- Managing the life cycle of financial crime systems, from selection and implementation to ongoing performance monitoring and upgrades.
- Ensuring that all systems and processes comply with relevant financial crime legislation and regulatory guidance, such as the FCA's Financial Crime Guide.
- Identifying and assessing risks associated with financial crime and developing strategies to manage these risks through system controls.
- Ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and appropriate segmentation of data used within financial crime systems, such as transaction monitoring and KYC/KYB systems.
- Continuously evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of financial crime prevention and detection processes by leveraging system insights.
- Produce and maintain system design documentation, configuration guidance, supporting models, and Risk & Control (RiskCo) artefacts to ensure robust governance, effective control operation, and audit/regulatory readiness.
- Present regular updates to senior leadership on threat trends, control performance and roadmap delivery.
- Working with various stakeholders, including technology teams, compliance, and business areas, to integrate financial crime controls and foster a culture of compliance.
Requirements
- 5+ years in financial crime risk, AML, fraud operations, or related fields.
- Demonstrated success in systems ownership in a corporate or B2B environment
- Familiarity with APIs and system integration.
- Experience configuring Financial Crime platforms for one or more of the following: Sanctions screening, Transaction monitoring, KYC/KYB, CDD, Fraud detection.
- Strong understanding of financial crime typologies, AML regulatory expectations (e.g. FCA, JMLSG), and systems assurance principles.
- Demonstrated ability to translate compliance requirements into technical configurations and workflows.
- Excellent communication skills to work across Compliance, Technology, Product, and Operations with an ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment.
- Experience working with or leading cross-functional projects across compliance, technology, and operations.
Benefits
- Flexible working options, such as flexible hours and hybrid work
- Equal opportunities employer
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